About professional training

The Alzheimer's Association is committed to helping professionals improve their knowledge and skills, build stronger teams and deliver better care to people with dementia and their families. Our training and education programs are geared to professionals working in both community-based and residential care settings.

Upcoming Opportunities

Training Topics

The Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter provides a variety of professional training to meet the needs of all professional caregivers and is co-sponsored by the CAMC Health Education and Research Institute.

The Association also provides a number of training packages to meet the OHFLAC training requirements. Please see below.

For fees, information or to book training please contact us at wvinfo@alz.org or 800.272.3900.

CEU Program

These activities have been planned and implemented in accordance with the essentials and standards of the West Virginia Nurses Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation and the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners through the joint sponsorship of CAMC Health Education and Research Institute and the Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter.

Nurses: The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the West Virginia Nurses Association. The West Virginia Nurses Association is an accredited provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialling Center's Commission on Accreditation. See training topic list for approval credits and numbers.

Social Workers: The CAMC Health Education and Research Institute is an approved provider of continuing education by the West Virginia Board of Social Work Examiners. The training topics listed below are approved for credit hours as listed under approval number # 490045.

Training Title

# of Hours

Nursing CEU Provider #

Social Work Approval #

ADL Challenges of Personal Care

1

PO15-14-13600

490045

ALZ: Late Stage Care

1

PO15-14-13601

490045

Activities: Life from Dusk to Dawn and Beyond

1

PO15-14-13602

490045

Developmental Disabilities

2

PO15-14-13603

490045

Eating, Dining and Nutrition

1

PO15-14-13604

490045

Effective Communication

2

PO15-14-13604

490045

Fall Prevention

1

PO15-14-13606

490045

Alzheimer's and Hospitalization: Chaos or Calm

1

PO15-14-13607

490045

Sexuality, Intimacy and Alzheimer's

1

PO15-14-13608

490045

The Problem with Pain & Dementia

1

PO15-14-13609

490045

Non Verbal Communication

1

PO15-14-13610

490045

Working with Families

1

PO15-14-13611

490045

You Have the Right to Remain Silent

1

PO15-14-13612

490045

Therapeutic Environmental Modifications

1

PO15-14-13612

490045

Assessments and Careplans

1

PO15-14-13614

490045

The Boomers Are Coming

1

PO15-14-13615

490045

Basics of Alzheimer's Disease

1

PO15-14-13616

490045

Understanding & Responding to Behaviors

2

PO15-14-13617

490045

Alzheimer's Disease: The Basics of Best Care (Live)

2

PO15-14-12L767

490045

Alzheimer's Disease: The Basics of Best Care (self-study)

2

PO15-14-12v768

490045

An Interdisciplinary Team Approach

2

PO15-14-14769

490045

Building a Good Alzheimer's Team

1

PO15-14-14770

490045

Abuse Prevention

1

PO15-14-14771

490045

Medication Management

1

PO15-14-14772

490045

Identifying & Preventing Staff Burnout

1

PO15-14-14773

490045

Facilities Trained

List of facilities/organizations trained by the Alzheimer's Association, WV Chapter

Special Packages

Assisted Living Two-Hour Training Package

Designed specifically to satisfy new WV regulations that require two hours of dementia care training, our training package provides on-site training for your employees. For more information or to schedule a training for your facility or agency, please contact us at 800.272.3900 or wvinfo@alz.org.

30-Hour OHFLAC Licensed Alzheimer's Unit Training

The Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter provides the 30-hour mandated training for Licensed Alzheimer's Units. The package includes on-site training as well as CEUs for social workers and nurses. Contact us at wvinfo@alz.org or 800.272.3900.

Alzheimer's & Dementia University

In place of our annual education conference, the Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter developed a series of one-day mini-conferences hosted throughout our Chapter territory called Alzheimer's & Dementia University. Alzheimer's & Dementia Unviersity is designed for both professional and family caregivers, featuring a series of workshops dedicated to enhancing caregivers' ability to provide quality care for the individual with the disease while maintaing their own health and wellness.